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From Civil Rights to Community Ownership: The History of Community Land Trusts in America
Above: New Communities Inc, SNCC legacy project As the State College Community Land Trust (SCCLT) celebrates 30 years of creating permanently affordable homeownership opportunities, it is worth remembering that the community land trust movement began not as a housing strategy, but as a civil rights strategy. The roots of community land trusts (CLTs) are deeply intertwined with the struggle for racial justice, voting rights, economic opportunity, and land ownership in the Unit
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